IKEA recently introduced a conception of what the kitchen of the future might look like. They spent a hardly significant small time of a year on this.

As is often the case, the ideas sound great but will undoubtedly be hampered by the practical. The nice idea of the sink that allows for disposal and reuse options depending on the water waste condition will run into the reality that the uses are not often separable.  The waste and recyclable system sounds like it will incorporate the worst of government and corporate snooping.

The "table of living" seems to hold the most possibilities, including the extensive use of projection mapping. I think they get into a bit of the ridiculous, but who knows what future tech may allow?

The article makes some environmental assumptions that I don't see as definite events. Intense drought, paucity of resources, overpopulation, etc. The tight use of space might actually help in areas of dense population, but the whole thing somehow reminds me of Korben"s apartment in The Fifth Element. LeeLoo not included.

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Jimmie Rogers was one of the most prolific and  influential of all roots musicians. Rock and Roll and country both owe a great amount to him. Jazz and creole as well.

With all the country music I listened to growing up, I was still surprised to find that T for Texas was not a Lynyrd Skynyrd original. Jimmie Rogers has a repertoire that is and will continue to be one of the most borrowed books in music.

Del McCoury Band with Sarah Evans with a fairly traditional blue grass style Muleskinner Blues:


And for a rendition from my after college years. Rockabilly meets early grunge punk:

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Oh my G-d.
I just saw the first episode of Plastic Memories.

Employing the most emotionally wringing moments and then trying to inject deviant humor on top.

It really didn't work.

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Some of the new shows are from Manga I have read, still reading, or have dropped. Not many, but still...

Kyoukai no RINNE  One of my favortite early episodes of Babylon 5 concerned a union dispute as a side subject. Seeing the creators throw in a story about the commonplace things is always a nice diversion that serves to join us to the world we are watching. Rinne concerns a Shinigami who is always in dire financial straights. This business of soul harvesting is not cheap. The devices that help him do his job cost money.

It is a good joke that is played differently throughout the series, but it gets old. It will get old in an anime quicker.

One of at least two animes where the main character(s) are of a few who see spirits.

I still read the chapters as thyey come out and I have to say that it has (thankfully) taken many many chapters to have the main characters start thinking about how they feel about each other.
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Denpa Kyoushi MC is brilliant and removed from the world at large. He gets forced into teaching by his sister (who is a student at the school) and is well-used by the school head/owner. Interesting solutions to getting various difficult students to get involved. Similar to Rinne, the same situation is used over and over with only the particulars changed. Not sure it will stay interesting.

I stopped reading the manga after about chapter 42. It required more of an investment than Rinne did, so the sameness affected me more.
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Nisekoi is back. When you have exhausted all the jokes you can have with the the same premise, what do you do? Add another harem interest and start all over. The side stories are far more interesting than the main plot.

I stopped after about chapter 120.

As a side note: the one shot chapter that inspired the series is great.
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High School DxD I think I might pick up the light novel for this. I'm not sure if it will pay off, but I thought the second season was as good or better than the first, so I have some hope for this and I wonder where it will lead.

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